Jonas by JCW Brook

Saturday-Night Theatre: Jonas
Sat 24th Jul 1976, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
A radio play by J.C.W. Brook

An ouija board is something like a gilded cage. The upas forms the bars, the sandalwood - sweet-smelling, gentle, kind - the gilding. A spirit can be happy there, providing it is released in time by the mystic who summoned it forth. That mystic was now slain, and the sandalwood steeped in a murdered sister's blood. The gilded cage had turned into a torture chamber, and there was no escape. The board was cursed.

Julian Holloway as Max Brown, Anna Cropper as Julie Brown John Rye as Hugo Stevens, Prunella Scales as Pat Stevens David March as Mohammet Asif and Carole Boyd as the telephonist.

Producer/Director: Ian Cotterell
The Monday Play: Tonic Water and Ice
Mon 10th Aug 1981, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM
By Jane Beeson
Dick and Jan are seen by their friends as the couple who have everything - looks, money, the perfect marriage. However, Dick's unusually close relationship with his mother has become a serious threat to their happiness. During a long, hot summer weekend at his parents' country house by the sea, the tension becomes unbearable.
Director Cherry Cookson

Dick: -Michael Pennington
Jan: -Francesca Annis
Alice: -Avril Elgar
Julian: -Michael Cochrane
Sonia: -Phyllida Nash
Charles: -Noel Howlett
Dick as a child:m -Susan Sheridan